Mechatronics Experiments in Mechanical Engineering Laboratory

该项目整合了机械工程(ME)实验室和课程中的机电一体化实验。机电一体化的本质是将复杂的决策应用到物理系统的操作中。尽管机电一体化带来了许多令人兴奋的挑战，但将其确立为本科教育的一个专业或选修课是极其困难的。这个项目正在开发一种综合的方法，通过实验在现有的本科课程中传播机电原理。在新生设计、编程、计算机辅助设计(CAD)、流体力学、传热学、测量、材料科学和制造等具体课程中，将重点介绍机器、工艺和系统的操作。现有的ME实验室正在得到加强，配备了新设备，包括热系统、流体控制系统、机器人、直流电机、步进电机、模型制作套件和玩具火车。所有这些物理系统都由计算机通过合适的电子接口进行控制，并使用示波器、函数发生器、放大器、电源和万用表等通用仪器进行测试。使用该设备，正在为流体、传热学、测量、计算机辅助设计、新生设计、控制和机电一体化实验室实施几个机电一体化实验。该项目正在产生必要的推动力，使ME课程现代化。*

This project is integrating mechatronics experiments in mechanical engineering (ME) laboratories and courses. The essence of mechatronics is the application of complex decisionmaking to the operation of physical systems. Although mechatronics provides many exciting challenges, it is extremely difficult to establish as a major or as an option in undergraduate education. This project is developing an integrated approach for the dissemination of mechatronics principles across the existing undergraduate curriculum using experiments. The operation of machines, processes, and systems is being covered with a focused perspective in specific courses such as freshman design, programming, computer-aided design (CAD), fluid mechanics, heat transfer, measurements, material science, and manufacturing. The existing ME laboratories are being enhanced with new equipment, including a thermal system, fluid control systems, robots, DC motors, stepper motors, model building kits, and toy trains. All these physical systems are being controlled by computers through suitable electronic interface, and are being tested by using general instruments such as an oscilloscope, function generator, amplifier, power supply, and multimeter. Using this equipment, several mechatronics experiments are being implemented for fluid, heat transfer, measurements, CAD, freshman design, control, and mechatronics laboratories. This project is generating the necessary thrust to modernize ME courses. *